Food & drink
Where to eat and drink
Our own recommendations, built up over years of living here — from the pub at the end of the lane to farm shops and tea rooms worth the detour.
Our village local
The Jervis Arms in Onecote is a one mile walk or drive from Lane Head Barns, and it's genuinely a family affair. Kirsten and Richard run it together, Richard cooks alongside their son, and their daughter Eleanor — who lives in the flat above — runs Monday night happy hour (snacks rather than a full menu, but worth timing a walk around it). Between them they've years of catering experience, and it shows in the service, which is some of the best you'll find locally. Booking is recommended for the restaurant. It's the pub we send most guests to first.
The Jervis Arms, a mile up the lane — the pub we send most guests to first.
Nearby pubs
Several other excellent pubs with high-quality restaurants sit within a few miles: the Lazy Trout at Meerbrook, the Reform at Thorncliffe, the Greyhound at Warslow, the Black Lion at Butterton, and the Three Horse Shoes at Blackshaw Moor, which is accessible with a disabled toilet.
In Leek and beyond
Leek, ten minutes' drive away, has a good and varied selection of places to eat — cosy pubs, Thai, Indian and a Turkish bar and grill among them. Further options are available in Ashbourne and Buxton if you're happy to drive a little further.
Cafes, tea rooms & farm shops
Just three miles away is the Cottage Kitchen Country Café at Winkhill, and on the Manifold Trail there's the Tea Junction at Hulme End and Wetton Mill Tea Rooms further down the valley.
Hartington offers a good choice of cafes and restaurants — Hartington Farm Shop and Café for a quick bite, or the Devonshire Arms for something more substantial.
A pub reachable by steam train
If real ale and a traditional pub lunch — Staffordshire oatcakes included — appeals, the Black Lion at Consall is a good choice. You can even get there by steam train from Cheddleton on the Churnet Valley Railway. Hetty's Tea Shop at Froghall Wharf, nearby, is worth the stop too.
Hetty's Tea Shop at Froghall Wharf — reachable by steam train from Cheddleton.
Hassop Station, near Bakewell, does breakfast, brunch, lunch or tea, combined with a walk or cycle along the Monsal Trail. Bakewell itself has plenty of tea shops, cafes and pubs — and yes, somewhere to try an authentic Bakewell pudding, not just the tart.
Denstone Hall Farm Shop and Café, recently voted one of the best farm shops in the country, is worth the trip for quality meat and a proper café alongside it.